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Show mm ii is G1ME GOOD Instances of Fraternal Affection Af-fection Among Boys Who Seek Pugilistic Honors, By RINGSIDE. XKW YOKK. April L'i'. Tiiey rail Philadelphia the City of Toother, v Lo'ce. But tho author, or nut hors. ot this tender phrase evidently had never heard of St. Paul. Minnesotn. It is really the latter city whieh should bear the uiTeetionatc title. The reasons aie herewith appended: St. Paul, Minnesot a, harbors t w o pairs of brothers who have made their mark in pugilism. One of each pair is generally accredit ed with being- the champion in his respe-'ti e division, while the other brother of each is close to tho top in the same eiars. And here is here Brotherly Love comes in. Tho near-champion in en eh instance wishes it to be universalis known that his brother is his superior. The Gibhonses Mike and Tom aoM the Krtles Johnny ami Mike are the lads we have referep.ee to. Miiio Gibbons Gib-bons is as close to the middleweight i championship as one can be w ithoul boinjr the netual ehumpion. Hut Michael insists that Brother Tom is a better man than he is. The case of the Ertles is similar. .Johnny- nicknamed ' ' Kcwpie ' ' is co-holder co-holder of tho world's bantamweight, title by virtue of a victory on foul over Kid "Williams, who became tho legitimate legiti-mate champion by knoeking out Johnny Coulon. but Johnny "Kcwpie'' would have it understood that Brother Mike eould clean up the bantamweight elns- with less difficulty ihan Johnny ImmtMf could. And Mike Krtle is only n flyweight fly-weight ho is top-heavy at K'S pounds. Brotherly AfTection. Such is brotherly affection. On would sacrifieo his ring career so the other may succeed. However, all four are well "established in the ring gamft and their earning capacities are id no wi?e affected because of their relationship. relation-ship. Mike Gibbons and Johnny F.rtle srft at present engaged in exploit inc; thft prowess of Tom Gibbons and Mike firth? respectively. Mike Gibbons has assumed as-sumed the managership of Brother Tom, whilo Johnny KrtJe has undertaken to gutdo Brother Mike into the championship champion-ship of which ho is joint-holder. .Rinff historv eoutnins the names of many brothers who have earned a livelihood liveli-hood ,bv slinging lhe padded mittens. Of the' old-timers the name oi Attell stands out prominent. Abo Atte.ll was featherweight champion, whilft Brothers Nlonte and Caesar took down occasional purses by their ability with the gloves. All threo were featherweights. feather-weights. Jim Jeffries, when he was heavyweight heavy-weight champion of the world, had a brother, Jack, who aspired to pugilistic fame. Jack's nearest approach to prominence was when ho fought Jack Johnsun and was knocked out. Jack and Miko (Twin) Sullivan yero heavyweights of not.o in their time. Thev wero easitv identified by their baldness. But they could fight, and wero before the public for many years. Other Instances. George and Jimmy Gardner werei brothers and were, classed among the. leading welterweights. Jimmy at one time held the championship in that division. divi-sion. Another prominent pair of brothers broth-ers in the welterweight class were Miko and Billy Glover. The latter is still doing some good work in the ring, while Mike is proprietor nf a gymnasium. Jimmy Britt. when he was rated among the tonnoteh lightweights, had a battling brother, Willis. The latter, however, never fought professionally, but he showed great prowess in tho amateur ranks. Terrv McGovorn, once featherweight champion, had two brothers who perpetuated per-petuated the name wheu Terry went on the retired lisl. llughey nnd Phil M--Govern posssed tho vicious aggressiveness aggressive-ness ol their elder brother, but they absolutely refused to train, and passed out of the game without, attaining any ! promineuce aside from the f;iot r.hn thev wore brothers of the onee 'Terrible Terry. Of the present crop of fiphfT?, aside from the Gibbonse and fit-ties, 'ho name of Leonard ts most, impressing. Benny Leonard, bv his great, victory over fi.eddv Welsh, is looked upon as the next lightweight champion. Benny's brother, t barley, joined t he professional profes-sional e!:in only recently and quickly gained ti reputation a ft knoe.kerout, Tho Moore family of Philadelphia ha no less than five" fighting boys Pal, Tommy, Keddj, Willie and Joe. In th Gross clan of this city thire are Leflch. Phil, Dave nnd Marty. All have earned some monev in tho ring. Jno '"hip and George Chip are both middWoightB, George having held the championship a few verirs ayo. In" Philadelphia there is Young Jack O'Brien, a brother nf tiie n-igiiril Phil-adrlphia Phil-adrlphia Jack, the first light, heavy wright. rb.'impion in thr- game. Tho elder Jack reGrer nearly five yearn ago. About three vcurs ago he presented his young brother about sixteen years younger to the boxing public. The lad started promisingly, but was rushed alon too fal. and received ninny severo beating:;, lie dropped out. of the game f r fl vrnr and now he is fighting in his old form a::!' in. |